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From: miquels@traveler.cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Subject: Re: Linus's include file strategy redux
Date: 15 Dec 2000 00:39:05 GMT
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In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0012141916270.10441-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>,
Alexander Viro  <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote:
>On 15 Dec 2000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
>
>> In article <NBBBJGOOMDFADJDGDCPHIENJCJAA.law@sgi.com>,
>> LA Walsh <law@sgi.com> wrote:
>> >Which works because in a normal compile environment they have /usr/include
>> >in their include path and /usr/include/linux points to the directory
>> >under /usr/src/linux/include.
>> 
>> No, that a redhat-ism.
>
>Not even all versions of redhat do that.

If that has been fixed recently, that is a very Good Thing (tm).

Now if in 2.5 <kernel>/include/net would be moved to <kernel>/linux/net
so that user-level code that uses <net/whatever.h> can be compiled
with -I/usr/src/some/kernel/42.42/include/ I'd be even happier

Mike.
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